Thursday, September 29, 2005

english 008

catastrophic
1 involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering : a catastrophic earthquake. ? involving a sudden and large-scale alteration in the state of something : the body undergoes catastrophic collapse toward the state of a black hole. ? of or relating to geological catastrophism.
catastrophe
1 大惨事,大災害

catharsis
1 the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

purgation
the purification or cleansing of someone or something : the purgation by ritual violence of morbid social emotions.

burial
埋葬(式);埋葬地,墓所

morbid
1 characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, esp. death and disease : he had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare.

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